268 structure of the flov^er of A., testiculore vsr. roseura, vlth sone 

 of the stamens, and p portion of an exp.-ndecL cersule shov/inf 

 three cells roofed v-ith cell-wings end the openinr; closed b c. 

 lers'e tubercle, slso two V£ Ives with their a^ned expanding-keels, 

 all- enlerg-ed, but not to the sane scale. 



'^iq, 1"X — -•■■rg^^roderrna testiculpi-e. 



A, diaprera of flover structure; ^, stemens; ^, three 

 cel^.s and two valves of the car^sule. 



1'he previous description of thi" -.=1^11^ -.-q >-■ ^.-^ --r-o ,---■■-]_ 

 ■^ ■> t I was not at liberty to dissec' : 

 living flowers. 



""■"-■ only other knov;n genus of t .^ - . ^^. ,.■.:.•„... .I..,.,.-...... - ;r 



h,'^'-:r ■ :^ similar type of structure and a circular, sessile stig- 

 .a& is '.^voodie , -"rom which the shorter, ovate, white leaves, sub- 

 sessi2- "To-^ers, erect or ascending uppermost stcnens and wingless 

 exTipn'"' -^ ~-els of the vslves of the capsule readily distinguish 

 it. 



"^le fo],lo"dr- ^- -'^ --.vn,-v,,r.--, ■^^•Q2-^ of the species ■.■^ + 'erto rlaced 

 u.'". "er "■:" is genus, ' sscirtion of snotht t may or 



ma'.'- no-f" belon^- to it, but seems nerrly allied end is best pieced 



Fig. 132.-- Argyroderma testiculare, ^^. ^. -r . 



S'lov/ers v/hite; natural size. 



A. croteriforme , - .-^.^r. — ^pov'ths with two leaves, according 

 to description united at the bpse into e solid body 5-9 lines long, 

 with their flat frees about 9-10 lines long and 113-15 lines brc , 

 subrhonboid ss seen from above, subtru'" "■ "'"•^ at the apex (possibly 

 in ei^e view), thence rounded and sli'r" ' arrowed towards the 

 bpse, obT inuel'.'" and ybtj obtusel:/ keeled on the back, smooth, 

 r^'^iicous-frreen. ^lovjer terminal, subsessile, with a reir of bracts 

 'I- *:o 5 lines long at its b?se. Calyx produced above the overy 

 into 3 short cii-^-iike tube, slightly constricted at the top, 5- 

 lobec" above, 2-2^ lines long, ovate, obtuse, four of them v/ith mem- 

 branous maTv'^ins. fetals numerous, in severrl series, the outer 

 abou'^ "^ lines lon^ and g-3/4 lines brogd, the inner sroeller, 2 

 lines or nore lonn-, cuneately linear, rosy-purple. Stamens l-|-2 

 lines long, white; the ur^per nearly'' erect, the others all bent down 

 into the tube of the cal^rx; filaments bearded at the base, ^isk 

 (-l^-nds?) 3^--"!--^ -^ ...-,-. -cut segments. _'^tigmas 14, scarcely 

 ^ line lonp", " ding and closely pressed upon the flat 

 ■^n^ of the ovary. — ^-esembryanthemura crateriforine, L. i3oius in 

 Ann. Bolus Herb'., vol. HI, r,. 155 (ig24). 



"Van Rhynsdor'^ DivisonJ ^^e^^r "^sn ■^^'hynsdorp , .rmeyer. 



T have not seen this S'^ecies, but according to the descrip- 

 tion •■■'^-^" (^P^„,-,T , 4-^^ -■'-ove) i'^ •■•-^ ■' "^ ------ ■'- - '-,-,i.^v,,. +,-. -i-Viis 



perir . '"le on"' ic" i: ' r to 



be se'~ar='te, inst " allunited into one entire O- cren- 

 o-t-,-> -._-.„--T. _j-,-„.. ^ - ., -, ,, however, "" "■' ' '" so 



